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Military service
Service number:
434556
Age:
34
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. K. 5.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Alexander Milne
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
The remains of Sergeant James Alexander Milne were found in a field on the outskirts of Arleux-en-Gohelle, France in 2013. He was buried by his regiment in the Orchard Dump cemetery near Arleux-en-Gohelle on Friday, August 25, 2017.(J-M LeLong / J. Stephens) -
Funeral Procession
The remains of Sergeant James Alexander Milne were found in a field on the outskirts of Arleux-en-Gohelle, France in 2013. He was buried by his regiment in the Orchard Dump cemetery near Arleux-en-Gohelle on Friday, August 25, 2017.(J-M LeLong / J. Stephens) -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
The Orchard Dump Cemetery near Arleux-en-Gohelle, France. (J. Stephens 2005)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Alexander Milne
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Alexander Milne
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Alexander Milne
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Alexander Milne
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Alexander Milne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 294 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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